William Edmondstoune Aytoun is remembered today for his brilliant parody Firmilian; or, The Student of Badajoz. A Spasmodic Tragedy (1854), rather than for his more serious writings. Begun as an attem...
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William Edmondstoune Aytoun "seemed born for" humor, recalled his friend and collaborator Theodore Martin. Even at the height of a busy career as a poet, lawyer, professor of rhetoric and belles lettr...
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William Edmonstoune Aytoun